Crib-hook.



' PATENTED AUG 11,1908.

J. 0. P, SGHAFER.

CRIB HOOK.

APPLIOATION FILED my 13,1907.

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JOHN G. F. SOHAFER, OF MOUNT PULASKI, ILLINOIS.

CRIB-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

Application filed May 13, 1907. Serial No. 373,305.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. F. SOHAFER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Pulaski, in the county of Logan and State ofIllinois, have invented a certain new and useful Crib-Hook, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use my said invention.

This invention relates to means for connecting the boards or the rails of a crib with the studding or Vertical posts of the crib so that the boards or rails may be conveniently detached and re laced.

The purpose 0 this invention is to provide a hook formed from sheet metal and so constructed as to resent broad and flat surfaces in contact witli the board and so constructed that it may be connected with the studding by a single nail or equivalent connecting de vice and when in dis-use may be turned and left in such position as not to interfere with the handling of the board or the handling of the contents of the crib.

With these ends in view my invention consists in the novel features of construction and combinations of parts shown in the annexed drawing to which reference is hereby made, and hereinafter particularly described and finally recited in the claims.

Referring to the drawing in which similar reference letters and numerals designate like parts in the several views; Figure 1 is a partial pers ective view of a crib equipped with crib-hoo s embodying this invention. Fig. 2. is an enlarged detached perspective view of one of the crib-hooks. Fig. 3. is an enlarged isometric projection of a crib-hook in position on a studding and Fig. 4. is an enlarged lan of the blank from which the crib-hook is ormed.

The crib-hook A is made of sheet steel and comprises in an integral structure, laterally rojecting wings a; fingers a projecting rom the wings a; a forwardly projecting member a and lugs a rojecting laterally from the member (1 a ole a to receive a nail a or equivalent connecting device, connecting the crib-hook with the studding.

The crib-hook is formed from a blank substantially of the form shown in Fig. 4.

The crib-hook may be formed at a single operation by means of a press equip ed with suitable dies adapted to separate t e memgreat practical advantage in constructing the hooks of sheet metal so that they may have the requisite strength, may have flat bearing surfaces which will not cut into the woodwork of the crib may not be subject to accidental breakage; may be easily connected with the crib by nails or equivalent connecting devices which are always at hand; may be conveniently acked for transportation and may be so ligl t as to reduce to the mini mum the cost of transportation.

In the practical application of the cribhook to a crib one or more of the central boards B of the crib will be securely nailed to the studding B The lower fixed board B has along its lower edge a series of notches Z) adjacent to the studding respectively and accommodating the hooks mounted on the studding so that the hooks may turn upward in the notches.

The hooks are connected with the studding by nails a passing through the holes a and driven into the studding, and the hooks turn on the nails.

In erecting the crib the corner posts and studding will be erected and secured in the usual manner. The central boards B will then be nailed to the studding. The hooks A will then be connected with the studding. Beginning atthe bottom of the crib the hooks A will be placed in a horizontal position projecting beyond the lower board. The lower board will then be placed on top of the fingers a and against the lugs (L The hooks A next above the board will then be turned downward until the fingers a lie on the upper edge of the board and the face of the board lies against the lug a and this will be repeated in like manner until allof the boards below the lower central fixed board B are in place. The boards above the central fixed board B will then be arranged in like manner upon the hooks.

In practice it is usual to remove the upper board before filling the crib and to remove the lower board while removing the contents of the crib.

The arrangement above described admits of removing either the upper boards or the lower boards as may be most convenient in practice. l

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is. nus

1. A sheet metal hook pressed from a blank substantially as described; comprising a body structure, laterally projecting wings integral with the body structure, and laterally projecting lugs adjacent to said wings respectively; said wings and lugs being shaped to form flat bearing surfaces.

2. A sheet metal hook pressed from a blank substantially as described; comprising a body structure, laterally projecting wingmembers integral with the body structure, and laterally projecting lugs integral with the body structure and pressed from the metal of the Wing-members, said wing-members and lugs being shaped to form bearing surfaces at right angles to each other.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name at Mount Pulaski, Illinois, this 27 th day of December, 1906.

JOHN C. F. SCHAFER.

WVitnesses:

W. B. JENNER, WALTER A. SCHAFER. 

